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Several Shot At Bridgeville Gym, Officials Say
The Pittsburgh Channel ^ | UPDATED: 9:14 pm EDT August 4, 2009 | WTAE Channel 4

Posted on 08/04/2009 6:31:05 PM PDT by Vigilanteman

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. -- Several people were reported shot at the LA Fitness gym in Bridgeville, emergency officials confirmed for WTAE Channel 4 Action News.

The reports came in shortly after 8:15 p.m. that authorities were called to the gym at the Great Southern Shopping Center at 1155 Washington Pike. Emergency officials said as many as 15 people may have been involved, but their conditions were not immediately known.

Witnesses told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that the victims shot in the gym were in a class in the aerobics center at the time of the shooting.

Former WTAE Channel 4 Action News photographer Gary O'Data said at 9:10 p.m. that the entire shopping center was shut down. He reported seeing as many as 15 ambulances and at least 20 police cars.

Clerks at neighboring stores told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that they locked their doors as a precaution.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: banglist; bridgeville; crime; domesticviolence; georgesodini; gymn; mass; massshooting; murder; pittsburgh; shooting; shootingspree; sodini; spree
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There are at least 4 confirmed fatalities according to initial reports. Prayers for all!
1 posted on 08/04/2009 6:31:06 PM PDT by Vigilanteman
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To: Vigilanteman

this is just the beginning. desperate people do desperate things... and obamanation has CREATED desperation....


2 posted on 08/04/2009 6:32:16 PM PDT by bareford101 (Give me liberty, or give me death!)
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To: Vigilanteman

When I was a kid I used to hear the old farts say “that never hapenned in my day.”

Well, I’ll tell you what...THAT NEVER HAPPENED IN MT DAY!


3 posted on 08/04/2009 6:33:05 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Vigilanteman

When I was a kid I used to hear the old farts say “that never hapenned in my day.”

Well, I’ll tell you what...THAT NEVER HAPPENED IN MY DAY!


4 posted on 08/04/2009 6:33:27 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Vigilanteman

Prayers for the innocent and the injured.


5 posted on 08/04/2009 6:33:43 PM PDT by SeminoleSoldier
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To: All

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/20283352/detail.html

Several Shot At Bridgeville Gym, Officials Say

“Shooting Reported At Gym In Great Southern Shopping Center”

POSTED: 8:21 pm EDT August 4, 2009
UPDATED: 9:26 pm EDT August 4, 2009

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. —
SNIPPET: “Witnesses told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that a man unrecognized by the gym’s staff turned off lights and shot people in a class in the aerobics center at the time of the shooting.”


6 posted on 08/04/2009 6:33:52 PM PDT by Cindy
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Woah. Any hint of perp or motive yet?


7 posted on 08/04/2009 6:34:37 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Vigilanteman

Can you impart a bit of background on Bridgeville for us flyover types?


8 posted on 08/04/2009 6:36:09 PM PDT by glock rocks (health care, gun safety and climate change are strawmen. It's all about CONTROL.)
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To: Vigilanteman

I have relatives in Bridgeville. None of them would be hanging out in a gym though!

Prayers for all involved.


9 posted on 08/04/2009 6:38:34 PM PDT by sneakers
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Who shoots up an aerobics class?


10 posted on 08/04/2009 6:38:39 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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jealousy maybe? Love triangle maybe? Who knows these days. God rest the souls of those deceased and help everyone else get through it. HOpe they caught the perp and hope he gets his just desserts unless he already has.


11 posted on 08/04/2009 6:40:33 PM PDT by cubreporter
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12 posted on 08/04/2009 6:40:41 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Woah. Any hint of perp or motive yet?

Either a total fruitloop, or his estranged wife was in the class ... or both.

13 posted on 08/04/2009 6:42:19 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Ramius

“Who shoots up an aerobics class?”

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100% Speculation-Opinion:

Someone who doesn’t approve of gymns, someone with a personal grudge, someone going for one target but making it seem random by shooting up a room full of targets, a shooting spree psycho...etc.


14 posted on 08/04/2009 6:42:18 PM PDT by Cindy
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well, doggone.. I hope there are no serious injuries..


15 posted on 08/04/2009 6:43:32 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!you)
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To: bareford101

We never had shootings when W was president. /s


16 posted on 08/04/2009 6:43:42 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Roid rage?


17 posted on 08/04/2009 6:44:28 PM PDT by kenth
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To: Vigilanteman

My guess is a jealous ‘fill in the blanks’.

One station has 9 dead, one has 4.
I’ve been to that strip mall. Before LA Fitness got there though.


18 posted on 08/04/2009 6:44:30 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism, it*s the new black.)
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KDKA reporting four dead in the shooting at the gym.


19 posted on 08/04/2009 6:44:57 PM PDT by Nextrush (Sarah Palin is the new Ronald Reagan, I hope.)
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To: Ramius

Aerobics classes are really annoying, but I wouldn’t say they deserve capital punishment.


20 posted on 08/04/2009 6:46:31 PM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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